Histopedia

The world’s first television was invented and demonstrated by:

John Logie Baird (Scotland) and Charles Francis Jenkins (USA) in 1926.

Baird’s Television

1. Mechanical scanning system
2. 30 lines per frame resolution
3. Black and white
4. First public demonstration on January 26, 1926, in London

Jenkins’ Television

1. Mechanical scanning system
2. 48 lines per frame resolution
3. Black and white
4. First public demonstration on June 13, 1926, in Washington, D.C.

First Television Broadcast

1. BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) began regular TV broadcasts in 1929
2. First TV station: WGY (now WRGB) in Schenectady, New York, USA (1928)

Color Television

1. First color TV demonstration by John Logie Baird in 1928
2. First color TV broadcast by BBC in 1967

Modern Television

1. Digital signal processing
2. High-definition (HD) resolution
3. Flat-screen displays (LED, LCD, OLED)
4. Satellite and cable TV
5. Streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, etc.)

Television Timeline

1. 1926: Mechanical TV demonstrated
2. 1939: First regular TV broadcasts in USA
3. 1946: Commercial TV broadcasting begins
4. 1954: Color TV introduced
5. 1990s: Digital TV emerges
6. 2000s: HDTV and flat-screens become popular
7. 2010s: Streaming services rise to prominence

Interesting Facts

1. The first TV commercial aired in 1941 (Bulova Watch Company)
2. The first presidential inauguration broadcast on TV was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s in 1939
3. The first televised Olympic Games were the 1936 Summer Olympics